The Seleucid army : organization and tactics in the great campaigns /

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Main Author: Bar-Kochva, Bezalel.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976.

Series: Cambridge classical studies.

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Call Number: U31 .B22 1976

Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 2. Sources of manpower 3. The regular army Part I. Organization 1. The numerical strength of the Seleucid armies 4. The command - King stratÄôgoi and other officers 5. Training and discipline Part II. The Army in Action 6. Seleucus I at Ipsus (301 BC) 7. Against Demetrius at Cyrrestica (285 BC) 8. The victory over Molon (220 BC) 9. The storming of the Porphyrion pass (218 BC) 10. The battle of Raphia (217 BC) 12. The battle of Panion (200 BC) 13. The defence of Thermopylae (191 BC) 16. Bacchides against Judas Maccabaeus at Elasa (160 BC) 11. The crossing of the Elburz range (210 BC) 14. The battle of Magnesia (190 BC) 15. The march to Beith-Zacharia (162 BC) Conclusion Bibliography Addenda Index Notes